Civil War ABC Book
By: Simone Barbee
G- Ulysses S. Grant
H- John B. Hood
J- Stonewall Jackson
- The military leader of the Union during the war.
- He is related to the Civil War because he contributed a great deal to the Union wins.
- He won large battles such as The Battle of Vicksburg.
F- Fort Sumter
I- Industry
E- Emancipation Prcolamation
- A confederate general.
- He is related to the Civil War because he faced William T. Sherman in Atlanta.
- Hood lost and over 11,000 men died.
- A Confederate general
- He is related to the Civil War because he served in the CSA's military.
- He also served under General Robert E. Lee.
- A fort off the coast of South Carolina.
- The CSA attacks the fort on April 12, 1861.
- The Civil War begins.
- factories, businesses, etc.
- This is related to the Civil War because industry falls under solvency.
- Solvency is one of the five "S"es that leads to the confederate states seceeding.
- A document that proclaims all slaves free if the CSA did not surrender.
- It is related to the war because Lincoln tried to use it to end the war, but it did not work.
- The CSA ignored the Emancipation Proclamation because Lincoln was not thier president.
D- Jefferson Davis
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- The president of the CSA
- He is related to the Civil War because he was the leader when the North and South were at war.
- He was elected in February of 1861 before the Civil War began.
S- Sherman's March to the Sea
Q- Quilt
C- Confederate States of America
R- Richmond, Virginia
- William T. Sherman and his men march from Atlanta, GA to Savannah, GA and burn everything in their path.
- It's related to the war because it destroyed the railroads that the South needed to transport supplies.
- It left tthe Confederacy in shambles.
P- Plantations
- The CSA capital
- This is related to the Civil War because it was the capital of the Confederates.
- The CSA burned down Richmond when they heard that Sherman was coming to the capital.
- A heavy blanket made of various fabrics
- Quilts are related to the Civil War because the "conductors" on the Underground Railroad hung quilts outside.
- The quilts were like a code saying that the residents of the home are friendly and would hide runaway slaves.
- The official name of the states that seceeded from the Union.
- It is related to the Civil War because it was the southern side of the war.
- The CSA is also the losing side in the war
O- Opression
- large farms, usually about 500 acres+ of land that employs slaves.
- This has to do with the Civil War because the slaves worked on the plantations in horrible conditions.
- The Noth and the South dissagreed about this kind of living.
B- Battle of Bull Run
X- Xenophobia
- Cruelty towards a group of people because of race or ethnicity.
- This is related to the Civil War because blacks were oppressed or enslaved.
- The Civil War happened partially because of dissagreements on slavery.
- The hatred or fear of foreigners or strangers.
- It relates to the Civil War because both sides were fighting on unfamiliar territory.
- Also, it is very common to have xenophobia during war.
N- Navy
- First major land battle.
- It relates to the Civil War because it was the first real battle of the war.
- It takes place not far from the Union capitol
W- Eli Whitney
- A branch of the military
- The navy relates to the Civil War because it is a part of the military.
- Also, the Union Navy set up blockades in the Anaconda Plan.
A- Antebellum
V- Vicksburg
- The inventor of the cotton gin
- He is related to the Civil War because the invention of the cotton gin increased the need for slaves.
- The North didn't like that because they were trying to abolish slavery.
M- Missouri Compromise
- The city in which the Battle of Vicksburg takes place.
- It relates to the Civil War because it was a turning point in the war.
- The Union took control of the Mississippi and cut off Louisianna, Texas, and Arkensas from the the rest of the Confederation.
- A compromise that said anything above a certain line will be a free state and anything below it will be a slave state.
- This has to do with the Civil War because it contributes to sectionalism.
- Later, the states thought this was unfair.
- Before war.
- The word antebellum relates to the Civil war because it was the time period before the war started.
- The Union was still in tact.
U- Undergroung Railroad
- A series of roads, houses, river crossings, and people who helped southern slaves escape to the North or Canada.
- It's related to the Civil War because the North didn't like slavery and the South did.
- The Civil War was partially faught over slavery.
L- Robert E. Lee
K- Kansas-Nebraska Act
T- Harriet Tubman
- A Confederate general
- He is related to the Civil War because he fought in the CSA'S military.
- He also invaved the North but lost in the Battle of Gettysburg.
- A slave who helped very many people escape on the Underground Railroad.
- She is related to the Civil War because she was a slave trying to go the free North.
- Also, the Underground Railroad was an abolitionist movement. Anyone who oppossed slavery could help runaways.
Z- Zuccess
- The act that stated that the south could only have railroads built if Kansas-Nebraska decided to be a slave state or not by popular vote.
- It's related to the Civil War because it contributes to sectionalism.
- Sectionalism is another "S" that helped start the Civil War.
- The condition the North was in after the war ended and the treaty was signed.
- It relates to the Civil War because that it the North's status.
- When you say "Zuccess" you are really saying success.
Y- Yankee
- A person from the North.
- This relates to the Civil War because that is what Northerners were called.
- Yankee was their nickname during the Civil War.